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Café au Lait

Literally "coffee with milk", café au lait is a drink made of coffee and scalded milk in a ratio of 1:1. It is the staple coffee drink of French Louisiana and is often served in bowls in Acadiana.

Source and licence

"Café au Lait" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Caf%C3%A9_au_Lait, revision 4523996), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Caf%C3%A9_au_Lait&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Ingredients

Method

  1. If you are using coffee concentrate, add enough hot water to make 4 cups of coffee.
  2. At the same time, heat the milk over a low to medium heat until scalded.
  3. Pour equal amounts of coffee and scalded milk into bowls or cups.